dear archimedes

Chapter 53: Serious True Love (5)
At that time, she cried and said, "I'm sorry, they tore down the Yan Xiaosu you gave me."

But now, she quietly huddled in his arms, expressionless, and the tears on her pale face had long since dried up.

His chest was heavy, he didn't ask what happened to her, he just tightened his arms and held her tighter, rubbing his chin against her temples from time to time, trying to give her warmth and strength.

She didn't respond and remained sluggish.When Baby Bear's belly was almost finished, she raised her head blankly, looking at the mottled night under the street lights outside the car window, a bit of bitter resentment flashed in her eyes, but her tone was feeble: "I really hate them to death!" !"

At that time Yan Su was tying a knot on the thread, hearing the hatred in her tone, his fingers paused slightly.He looked back, and her lonely profile was close to his lips.

"Who are they...?" He knew she wasn't talking about the agents.

She leaned on his chest and didn't answer the question: "I want to see my mother."

On the east coast in the early morning, the wind howled; it was the darkest time of the night, and there was no star in the sky.

Zhen Ai stood on a steep cliff, with overgrown weeds under her feet, and a white square stone tablet, which was bare without even letters.

Yan Su stood more than ten meters behind her, wondering if her thin dress would be cold in the sea breeze.He wanted to go over and give her warmth, but restrained himself.He knew that what she needed most at the moment was actually loneliness.

The night was thick, and Zhen Ai's feet were leaning against the cold and low stone tablet, and half of her mother's skull was buried in the ground.That day, she pressed the black button, and her mother turned into powder in front of her.

She was transfixed then.Arthur twisted her shoulders hard, as if to swallow her: "You don't believe me? I told you that white is the cancel button, but you choose black!"

Burt leaned close to her ear: "Because our little C actually wants to kill Mom. Ha! She is just like us, she is a devil at heart."

"Don't you deserve to die?" At this moment, Zhen Ai looked at the dark and boundless sky and sea, the corners of her lips slightly raised, "I really, hate you to death."

With a thin body, she stood upright in the night wind, condescendingly despised the stone tablet under her feet: "Oh, the most evil scientist, who nailed my life to the pillar of shame, turned my life into a penance of nothing but suffering, yet qualified to educate me."

"I can't cry, it's cowardly; I can't laugh, it's seduction; I can't hope, it's infirmity. I can't eat sweets, I can't wear colorful clothes, I can't have dolls, and I can only wear my hair in a ponytail .”

The night wind rolled up her white skirt and black hair, pulling out a beautiful flower in the night.She recited her mother's teachings, so indifferent that there was no emotion, but every word was worried, "I can't be happy, I can't be angry, I can't resist, I can't be disobedient. Because all emotions are desires, and desires are the root of all misfortunes."

"But I was trained by you to be so obedient and to be able to do experiments. I have no expectations for life. Why am I still so unlucky?"

She bowed her head deeply, as if there was something invisible on her shoulders that made her unable to straighten up forever.Her voice was very soft and slow, without ups and downs, as if she was telling someone else's story, but she had burst into tears unknowingly,
"I ate Arthur's candy, and you beat me with a whip; I didn't want to stay in the laboratory, and you punished me to kneel in the corner; Bert took my hand, and you put me in a dark room. How old was I then... 4 I was screaming and crying, and you heard it all. I was so young, but you had the heart to..."

"But, you yourself are the most evil. Now I don't listen to you. I can cry and laugh, eat candy, wear colors and even braid my hair. You hit me and punished me to kneel in the corner and shut myself up in a dark room." ,"

She smiled lightly, and her calm tone was full of irony,

"When you were dying, you actually told me to live happily? What qualifications do you have? Don't you know that my life has been ruined because of you?"

Yan Su saw her coming up and hugged her into his arms, frowned tightly, deeply powerless: "Ai, don't suppress it, if you want to cry, just cry hard."

She leaned in his arms, staring blankly at the sky, tears kept streaming, but she had no expression and couldn't cry.She can't cry at all, she has been trained to be an emotionless robot since she was a child, she can't.

She said softly: "I'm not sad, and I don't want to cry. I just hate them, they are bad people, and they turned me into a bad person."

He held her hair and pressed it against her tear-stained cheek: "You are not, Ai, you are not."

She shook her head slowly: "I am. I am their child. Because of them, I have lived so hard, hiding and unable to lift my head; because of them, I will take all the sins in my body to pay off their debts. They die happily But I want to live, and do those never-ending experiments day by day. I can’t stop, I can’t be confused. If the antidote can’t come out, everyone who suffers because of them and dies because of them will be counted on my head.”

She narrated in a simple and ordinary way, as if describing an irreversible fate that had long been accepted.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, the cold wind was howling, and she shivered in his arms.

He knew that she said she hated them, but she felt a heavy guilt in her heart because her mother died at his hands.

He also knew that she hated her mother's confinement and harshness, hated her mother's evil and mistakes, but she also accepted the remaining responsibilities without hesitation.Not only because of atonement, but also because of her conscience that has no choice.

She was getting tired gradually, and she didn't speak any more, just leaned against his arms and closed her eyes weakly.She rarely had mood swings, and even this time, she didn't.

But his heart seemed to be soaked in sea water, dull, hurt, but powerless.

Ai, what can I do to make you not sad?
It was 4 o'clock in the morning when I got home, and there was a faint skylight outside the window.

Yan Su drew the thick curtains, walked slowly to the bedside, the bedside light was dim, Zhen Ai hugged the big Yan Xiaosu, curled up in a small ball on his bed.

The quiet tears tonight consumed all her energy, and she fell asleep exhausted.

Now, she is quietly rubbing against Baby Bear, her eyelashes are wet.

He looked at the mottled tears on her fair little face, and wanted to touch her, but he was afraid of waking her up.I wanted to hug her to sleep, but I still couldn't bear to see her sleep soundly with difficulty.

He stood by the bed watching her for a long time, until her dream gradually deepened and the frown between her frowns eased, then he turned off the bedside light and went to sleep on his stomach in front of the desk.

Until the phone in his pocket vibrated, he rubbed his eyes and woke up, it was already past ten o'clock in the morning.With thick curtains drawn, light cannot come in.

He walked to the bed lightly, and Zhen Ai hugged Yan Xiaosu's neck, still sleeping peacefully.

It is said that you will sleep well after crying.

He stared at Hui Xiaosuo's fluffy head for a few seconds, thinking that this bastard bear was luckier than himself.

Yan Su went downstairs, and LJ was waiting for him in the library, wearing a simple T-shirt and jeans, with a high ponytail, very neat, totally different from the girl who always liked to dress up.

LJ turned his head: "You just woke up?"

"Yeah." Holding a glass of water, he looked for books in the bookshelf while drinking.

She was speechless for a long time: "Are you in love?"

Yan Su slid his fingers across the book without looking back: "Didn't we meet that day?"

"I saw it that day, but I felt it today." A trace of loneliness flashed in her eyes, "Love will change a man's temperament, even if his EQ is low."

She could see that his previous cold and alienated temperament had eased, and his brows and eyes were not as cool as before, and became softer.

This man is no longer alone.

Yan Su's hand paused, and he lowered his eyes: "I remember this sentence."

"I'm curious, what kind of girl will make you fall in love with a person with infinite EQ?"

Without thinking about it, he raised his eyes and said, "My girl."

Destined for your girl?
She was stunned, then smiled again: "I know that if I can't speak ten sentences with you, there will definitely be some stupid sentences."

"You didn't come to me to find out what's going on, did you?"

LJ suppressed his smile and returned to the topic: "I found a clue related to Alex."

"Have you been doing this for five years?"

"Yes." She smiled bitterly, "I'm still very hopeless trying to figure out why he died."

"LJ..." Yan Su recalled what happened back then, feeling depressed, "You..."

"Too stupid, isn't it?" LJ looked at the sky, "Destroying my reputation for a bastard, and wandering for so many years looking for the cause of his death."

Yan Su was silent for a while: "He is a very smart bastard."

She chuckled, and then gradually stopped smiling: "SA, the matter of the black and white keys is not your fault. He chose to die, I just want to know who is forcing him. Before he died, he said that he worked for the SPA organization. I found out that the 10 billion US dollars he stole back then evaporated because organized people helped him transfer the money. But after the limelight passed, Alex swallowed it all by himself." She chuckled, her tone contemptuous but slightly proud , "This bastard, kicking people out after taking advantage of them is really his style."

Yan Su remained silent, no matter how ignorant of EQ he was, he could hear what she meant.

She has been brooding about her for so many years, but there is only one question, did Alex really love her back then, or did he use her and kick him out?

At that time, he didn't understand feelings, and couldn't tell whether his friend Alex really loved LJ; but now, he has no way of knowing.

"Have you found the whereabouts of that money?"

"No. I just learned that the accomplices who transferred the money back then were going to get together. When they conspired back then, they wore masks and used secret codes when they met. They didn't know each other. I think this is a good opportunity to pretend to be an insider to inquire about information. But they agreed on the summer solstice, which happened to be the full moon. My body..."

"I go."

"SA, thank you..."

"Is your body okay?" He was not used to thanking her and interrupted her.

She rubbed her eyes subconsciously: "When the mood fluctuates, it will still turn purple."

"The place where they gather is called Silverland."

Yan Su was taken aback, Brother Zhen Ai's password also pointed to Silverland, was it a coincidence?
He had doubts in his heart, but he didn't say anything.

The two did some research. Silverland belongs to Welling Island, the northernmost tourist resort in Alaska, and is an island reef in the northern part of the island.It is private and not open to the public.But this year, the mysterious island owner held a quiz-guessing activity, and those who guessed right could go sightseeing on the island and reef for free and live in the mysterious castle.

The island owner entrusted the guessing activity to a travel company, and only those who took a luxury cruise to Welling Island were eligible to participate in the guessing activity.

The puzzles can only be obtained after boarding the boat, but Yan Su and LJ think that this will be a signal that the friends gathered back then.

After LJ told Yan Su everything he knew, he was about to leave, but saw an extremely beautiful girl in a white dress with loose long hair, holding a huge plush bear walking across.

The girl looked at her with a clean expression, neither curious nor probing, she paused for a second, then looked at Yan Su.

The corners of Yan Su's lips raised slightly: "Are you awake?"

"En." Zhen Ai walked towards him, leaned against him, and then stopped moving.

LJ raised her eyebrows lightly, Zhen Ai acted like a child, it was hard for her to imagine how she and Yan Su got along.And by the looks of it, they slept together?

Just now against the light, when Zhen Ai stood still, LJ took a look at her, she was really beautiful, very comfortable and not tacky.

She frowned slightly: "Did we meet somewhere?"

Zhen Ai raised her eyes, settled for a few seconds, then shook her head: "I don't remember you."

"May I ask what your name is?"

"Zhen Ai."

"real name."

Zhen Ai remained calm, her face was cold;
Yan Su: "LJ, what are you doing?"

She smiled faintly: "I asked such impolite words, but she didn't get angry."

Yan Su answered for her: "She's not used to talking to strangers."

LJ lip-synced to him: "I can feel that she is someone from the organization."

She didn't answer her words, but Zhen Ai understood her lips, and said indifferently, "You were poisoned by AP3 poison five years ago. But you have lived to this day, it seems that you have been slow-released."

"you!"

Zhen Ai explained lightly: "A second ago you were in a hurry, and your eyes flashed a very faint violet color. This is a typical feature of AP3 poison. You should have some supernatural powers and superhuman strength, as well as some..."

Some pain and side effects that ordinary people can't understand.

LJ was too stunned to speak.

Zhen Ai hugged Big Bear and looked at her quietly.After a few seconds, he felt sorry for her, so he hesitated to step forward, raised his hand, imitating Yan Su's way of patting her, and gently patted LJ's shoulder once, twice.

Then she slowly retreated to Yan Su's side and said, "I used to be a member of the organization, but I have already escaped." She lowered her eyes, as if she had made a decision, and raised them again, "I will definitely work hard to develop an antidote , when I succeed, I will be the first to detoxify you. So, please bear with me for a while, "

She hugged the big bear and bowed deeply, "I'm sorry for making you suffer."

LJ felt a little heartbroken. For so many days and nights in the past, she suffered like a monster. It turned out that someone understood and someone was trying to save her.

"Thank you too." She smiled slightly, said no more, and left.

Zhen Ai looked at her back and took a deep breath. Although she was sad and unwilling, she had cried and made trouble, and after waking up, she still had to walk the right path.

She turned back and smiled at Yan Su: "Don't worry, I'm actually fine now, and I will continue to do what I think is right."

Yan Su looked unpredictable and nodded.The shock in my heart is indescribable.

From last night to this morning, after experiencing her pain and confusion, and seeing her endless firmness and indomitable belief, he has never been more certain that if he is not alone in this life, then she will be side by side with him that one.

(End of this chapter)